評 (píng) — to comment on, to judge, to appraise

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評 character · TOCFL 2 (est.)

評＝言＋平

ㄆㄧㄥˊ · píng

verb — to comment on, to judge, to appraise

字源 FORM — what the parts do

言義speech, wordsthe speech radical — judgment in words

平聲píng — gives the sound and the sense of level, evena balance held flat

Words (言) weighed out level (平) — to judge a thing evenly, fairly. 平 lends both the exact sound and its picture of the flat, balanced scale. From the even weighing: 評論, 評價, 評判, 評分.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一句句話（言）擺得平平的（平）——不偏不倚，掂一掂這件事的分量。

Words (言) laid out level (平) — weighed without tipping, to judge the thing fairly.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)評論、評— to comment, to discuss常用

→評價、評判— to appraise; to judge常用

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension